At-Large
The At-Large REAL Group covers a range of research excellence areas such as Digital Humanities, GIS, Open Science, Archival studies, ethical and cultural issues. It encompasses multidisciplinary projects and novel ideas.
Faculty Fellows

Spencer Stewart
Assistant Professor
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library
stewa443@purdue.edu
Research interests:
Digital Humanities; Cultural Analytics; Digital History; Text Analysis; Modern China; Agricultural and Environmental History

Jerilyn Tinio
Clinical Assistant Professor
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library
jtinio@purdue.edu
Research interests: Asian American Studies, Communication, Education, Global Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American & Latino Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Affiliated Faculty and Staff Information
Name & Title | Brief Overview of Research Interest |
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Michael Fosmire | Engineering literacy education |
Zoeanna Mayhook | Financial Literacy Education |
Nastasha Johnson | Intercultural Competence |
Katey Watson | Archival Literacy |
Wei Zakharov | Online learning, research data management |
Yue (Shirley) Li | GIS |
Jessie Scott | Organizational Learning |
Albert Chapman | Government Publications on U.S. Foreign Policy, National Security |
Annette Bochenek | Teaching with Primary Sources |
Nathan Rupp | Collection Development |
Neal Baker | Business Information Specialist |
Ula Gaha | Black Cultural Center Librarian |
Kristin Leaman | Scholarship of teaching and learning; information literacy; intersection of special collections and digital humanities |
Jo Otremba | Archives and Special Collections |
Innocensia Owuor | GIS |
Stephanie Schmitz | Archives and Special Collections |
Rachel Fundator | Informed learning, information literacy, inclusive pedagogy, scholarship of teaching and learning |
Cliff Harrison | Collections & Access, Digital Programs |
J.P. Hérubel | Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Library |
- McGowan, B. Service-Learning Projects Complement Evidence-Based Educational Programs that Build Resilience to Health Misinformation in Academic and Community Settings. Travel Support, Presentation at MLA/SLA Annual Meeting, May 16-19, 2023.
LIBRARIES LUNCH AND LEARN
- At-Large REAL member Bethany McGowan joined the panel (with Chao Cai and Pete Pascuzzi) for a session on using a GA to support one’s research. (February 1)
- At-Large REAL members Bethany McGowan and Matt Hannah presented a session highlighting their Diplomacy Lab project. (March 2)
- At-Large REAL member Bethany McGowan joined the panel (with Clarence Maybee, Chao Cai, and Margaret Phillips) for a session on working with OUR Scholars. (November 16)
- 5 undergraduates, 3 graduates
- Aprilliano, B., Giuliano, C., Reed, J. B., & Kale-Pradhan, P. (2023). Evaluation of References Supporting Hospital Pharmacy Policies. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 42(1), 31–37.
- Howard, H., Zwicky, D., & Walker, D. (2022). Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is: A Values-Based Evaluation Tool for Collections Decisions. Collection Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2022.2150733
- McGowan, B. (2022) Leading in Health Sciences Librarianship: Perspectives from 10 Black Library Leaders. In American Library Association (Eds.) The Black Librarian in America. Chicago, IL
- Vervoort, J. M., Milkoreit, M., van Beek, L., Mangnus, A. C., Farrell, D., McGreevy, S. R., Ota, K., Rupprecht, C. D.D, Reed, J.B. & Huber, M. (2022). Not just playing: The politics of designing games for impact on anticipatory climate governance. Geoforum. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.03.009
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. (2022).Recent Articles on French History. French Historical Studies 45, 160–183.
- Krieg, P. and Hannah, M. (2022). Thick Mapping for Environmental Justice: EJScreen, ArcGIS, and the Contemporary Novel. In Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities. Charles Travis, Deborah P. Dixon, Luke Bergmann, Robert Legg, and Arlene Crampsie (eds.) London: Routledge.
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. (2022). Recent Articles on French History. French Historical Studies 45, 543–56.
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. (2022).Review of Pat Rogers: The Poet and the Publisher, the Case of Alexander Pope, Esq., of Twickenham Versus Edmund Curll, Bookseller in Grub Street (New York: Springer Nature B.V., 2022): In Publishing Research Quarterly, 38, 621-622.
- Gerrish, T., & Kong, N. N. (2022). Spatiotemporal Distribution Change of Online Reference During the Time of COVID-19. Information Technology and Libraries (Online), 41(4), 1–5A. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v41i4.15097
- Morris, S. (2022) Amelia Earhart’s Legacy at Purdue University. In Chris Williamson (Ed.) Rabbit Hole: The Vanishing of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan.
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V.M. (2022). Historiographical Futures for Library History: Conceptual Observations for Future Historians. In M.L. McCallon, J.M. Tucker (Eds.). The Academic Library in the United States: Historical Perspectives (pp. 233–260). McFarland & Company, Inc.
- Hérubel, Jean-Pierre V.M., Mark L. McCallon, and John Mark Tucker (2022). The Academic Library in the United States: Selected Historical Readings. In M.L. McCallon, J.M. Tucker (Eds.). The Academic Library in the United States: Historical Perspectives (pp. 263–269). McFarland & Company, Inc.
- Hannah, M. (2022). Review of Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon, by Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko. Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books.
- Hannah, M. (2022) Review of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media by Jacob Mchangama. Publishing Research Quarterly. 38, 807-808.
- Wilson, N., Battershill, C., Clarkson, H., Hannah, M., et al. (2022). Digital critical archives, copyright, and feminist praxis. Arch Science. 22, 295–317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-021-09384-x
- Morris, S.L. (chair), Anderson-Zorn, A., Swartz, A., White, L. (2023, April 15). Burnout, self-care, and resilience building in tough times [Conference presentation]. Midwest Archives Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
- Hannah, M. (2023). We are the News Now: Conspiracy Theory as Communicative Production. QAnon Research Conference, QAnon Research Network, virtual.
- Hannah, M. (2023). The Rise of John Q. Public: Conspiracy Theories and the Public Sphere. International Conspiracy Theory Symposium, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
- Bochenek, A. (2023, January 3). History in Motion: Applying the Archival Collections of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth’s Time and Motion Studies to Business Education. Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI.
- Bochenek, A. (2023, January 4). Podcast Resources for Entrepreneurs. Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI.
- Chapman, A. (2023, January 26). INDIGO Webinar Series Energy Information Administration Information Resources. YouTube video presentation. Indiana State Library and INDIGO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of2e-JC41tA
- Chomintra, M (2023, February 9–11). The Student Research Paper as a Site of Resistance: Using Feminist Pedagogy to Dismantle Systemic Knowledge Politics. AAC&U 2023 General Education, Pedagogy, and Assessment Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.
- Carlyle, R., Edward, C., Gilroy, D., McGowan, B. (2022, November 15). Informing #AMillionDecisions: taking the heavy lifting out of applying evidence to healthcare in the National Health Service in England. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Health and Biosciences Libraries Section (HBS) Webinar Series on Infodemic Management. http://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/2378>
- Puente, M. (2022, October 28).Leveraging the LCDP Experience. Leadership and Career Development Program Institute, Association of Research Libraries, Richmond, VA.
- McGowan, B. (2022, October 20). Shared Goal Setting With Community-Based Participatory Research Strategies. World Evidence-based Healthcare Day 2022. JBI, the Cochrane Collaboration, and the Campbell Collaboration.
- Chapman, A. (2022, October 17). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Information Resources. U.S. Government Publishing Office’s Federal Depository Library Conference. https://www.fdlp.gov/training/2022-fall-dlc-us-army-corps-engineers-information-resources
- McGowan, B.(2022). Strategies for Creating Culturally Relevant Health Information Literacy Interventions. Keynote address: 2022 Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association and Indiana Health Sciences Library Association Joint Annual Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana.
- Alvarez, B., Chomintra, M., Raub, C., Tucker, C.E. (2022, November 10–13). Reproductive Health at the Reference Desk: Connecting Library Users to Information Through Activism and Advocacy. NWSA 2022 Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
- Chapman, A. (2022, September 15) William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies Information Resources, U.S. Government Publishing Office’s FDLP Academy, webinar. William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies Information Resources | FDLP
- Bochenek, A. (2022). MGMT 29450: Bridging the Gender Divide at Work. Creating Informed Learning in the Classroom Symposium. Virtual.
- Hannah, M. (2022). QAnon: A Crisis of Information. Critical Digital Humanities International Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.
- Zakharov, W. (2022). Planning the Distance Library Services Conference Future. Invited panelist at the Distance Library Services conference, West Lafayette, Indiana.
- Witt, M. (2022, July 13). re3data: 10 Years of Collaboration. DataCite Open Hours, DataCite.
- Blebodnik, M., Cai, C., Reed, J.B. (2022, July 13) Librarian’s Experiences Panel, Creating Informed Learners in the Classroom Presentations, CILC.
- Khalil, A., Christie, N., Zhou X., Yatcilla, J.K. (2022, Aug 4) Help-seeking barriers for ethnic minority caregivers accessing autism interventions: A systematic review. [Presentation] American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN.
- McGowan, B. (2022, July 26). Infodemic Management: Strategies for Combatting Health Mis/Dis/Malinformation. World Library and Information Congress, International Federation of Library Association and Institutions, Health and Biosciences Libraries Section, Dublin, Ireland.
- Bochenek, A. & Huber, S. (2022). Make Your Story: Creating Community and Celebrating Makers through the Narrative Podcast. Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
- Howard, H., Pheps, S., & Walters, W.(2022, May 13). Defining and Demonstrating Values in Collections. [Invited keynote presentation]. Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium (VIVA) Collections Forum.
- Chapman, A. (2022, April 27) George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Information Resources, U.S. Government Publishing Office’s FDLP Academy, webinar. George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Information Resources | FDLP